Hmm i think the kidney diet is worth giving a miss by the sounds of it, enough trouble getting him to eat as it is, never heard of a pill pocket, not sure we have them here, we are using a pill popper which makes it a bit easier, i think once he is off his antibiotics and we just have his heart and kidney pill, which is only half a small pill, things will get a lot easier, and we have two kitties to pill at the moment too, so once ellie is finished be a lot less stressful, i discovered wrapping her in a towel was more stressful for her than the pill popping, so just sit her on a chair lift her head and pop it in, no problem she is really easy now.